The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000About national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the 5 centuries since the formation of the "new monarchies" in W. Europe. |
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... Modern World System , vol . 1 , pp . 199ff ; vol . 2 , ch . 2 . 85. Quoted from Parker , Dutch Revolt , p . 249 ; Reynolds , Command of the Sea , pp . 158ff ; Boxer , Dutch Seaborne Empire , passim ; Padfield , Tide of Empires , vol . 1 ...
... Modern World System , vol . 1 , pp . 199ff ; vol . 2 , ch . 2 . 85. Quoted from Parker , Dutch Revolt , p . 249 ; Reynolds , Command of the Sea , pp . 158ff ; Boxer , Dutch Seaborne Empire , passim ; Padfield , Tide of Empires , vol . 1 ...
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... Modern World System , vol . 1 , ch . 3 ; V. G. Kiernan , " State and Nation in Western Europe , " Past and Present , vol . 31 ( 1965 ) , pp . 20–38 ; J. H. Shennan , The Origins of the Modern European State 1450-1725 ( London , 1974 ) ...
... Modern World System , vol . 1 , ch . 3 ; V. G. Kiernan , " State and Nation in Western Europe , " Past and Present , vol . 31 ( 1965 ) , pp . 20–38 ; J. H. Shennan , The Origins of the Modern European State 1450-1725 ( London , 1974 ) ...
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... Modern Russia . Harmondsworth , Mddsx . , 1983 edn . Kocka , J. Facing Total War : German Society 1914-1918 . Leamington Spa , 1984 . Koenigsberger , H.G. , " The Empire of Charles V in Europe , " New Cambridge Modern History , vol . ii ...
... Modern Russia . Harmondsworth , Mddsx . , 1983 edn . Kocka , J. Facing Total War : German Society 1914-1918 . Leamington Spa , 1984 . Koenigsberger , H.G. , " The Empire of Charles V in Europe , " New Cambridge Modern History , vol . ii ...
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